Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, lamented the state of crime in the nation’s capital amid House Republican oversight.
Bowser testified before the House Oversight Committee on May 16 that the status quo in crime in the District of Columbia is unacceptable.
“No one can be satisfied with increasing crime trends in any category,” she said. “I certainly am not.”
In the nation’s capital, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime is up 13 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year. There has been an 11 percent increase in homicides, a 45 percent rise in sex abuses, a 2 percent increase in assaults with a dangerous weapon, and a 19 percent jump in robberies….